Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 1
Reed 2b 2 0 1 0
Burks cf 3 0 0 0
Heep lf 4 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
Rivera ss 3 0 1 0
Quintana dh 3 0 0 0
Cerone c,rf 3 0 0 0
Kutcher rf 2 1 1 0
  Gedman ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bolton p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 1 2 2
Seitzer 3b 4 1 1 1
Brett 1b 4 0 1 1
  Buckner ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tartabull dh 2 1 2 0
Eisenreich rf 3 0 1 0
Tabler lf 3 1 0 1
Boone c 3 1 0 0
  Macfarlane c 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 2 2
  Wellman 2b 1 1 1 0
Thurman cf 3 1 1 1
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
Boston 001 000 000140
Kansas City 030 031 01x8110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bolton  L (0-2) 4.0 4 6 6 5 0
  Stanley   4.0 7 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  W (13-4) 7.0 4 1 1 3 5
  Leach   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Wellman (4,off Stanley).  3B–Boston Kutcher (3,off Gordon), Kansas City Stillwell (3,off Stanley).  SF–Tabler (2,off Stanley).  SB–Thurman 2 (13,2nd base off Bolton/Cerone,2nd base off Stanley/Cerone).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:22.  A–32,015.
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